1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/watchdog/src/watchdog-test.c b/Documentation/watchdog/src/watchdog-test.c
index a750532ffcf8..63fdc34ceb98 100644
--- a/Documentation/watchdog/src/watchdog-test.c
+++ b/Documentation/watchdog/src/watchdog-test.c
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ static void keep_alive(void)
  */
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
+    int flags;
+
     fd = open("/dev/watchdog", O_WRONLY);
 
     if (fd == -1) {
@@ -41,12 +43,14 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
     if (argc > 1) {
         if (!strncasecmp(argv[1], "-d", 2)) {
-            ioctl(fd, WDIOC_SETOPTIONS, WDIOS_DISABLECARD);
+            flags = WDIOS_DISABLECARD;
+            ioctl(fd, WDIOC_SETOPTIONS, &flags);
             fprintf(stderr, "Watchdog card disabled.\n");
             fflush(stderr);
             exit(0);
         } else if (!strncasecmp(argv[1], "-e", 2)) {
-            ioctl(fd, WDIOC_SETOPTIONS, WDIOS_ENABLECARD);
+            flags = WDIOS_ENABLECARD;
+            ioctl(fd, WDIOC_SETOPTIONS, &flags);
             fprintf(stderr, "Watchdog card enabled.\n");
             fflush(stderr);
             exit(0);